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Josh
Westerville, OH
Interests: history, reading, baseball
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The best place I know of is eBay: http://bit.ly/10kG4JA.
Israel Baseball League Collectibles
Related Postings Pitching In The Promised Land Book Review Aaron Pribble Collectibles The Israel Baseball League was plagued with problems and folded after just one season. Despite its host of philosophical, logistical and financial challenges, producing branded merchandise was something the I...
Greg --
Thanks for your comment and congratulations on your auction win! I'm jealous! I'd love to run a photo of you and your boys with the display. Let me know if you're willing. In the meantime, check out the story I posted about the sale @ http://www.jewishsportscollectibles.com/2012/10/josh-zeids-wbc-cleats-sell-for-10550.html.
- Josh, JSC.com publisher
Own Josh Zeid's Team Israel WBC Cleats
Josh Zeid cleats. Photo courtesy of eBay. Just a week after Team Israel's heartbreaking extra innings loss to Spain in the 2013 World Baseball Classic qualifiers, Jewish baseball collectors have the opportunity to own game used cleats from one of the team's top pitcher. Josh Zeid. Photo ...
Mookiethecow, thanks for the update on Nate Ebner. I wondered about his background. I live in Columbus, Ohio, and follow OSU football. I am very familiar with the Ebner family. Murray is a survivor, after whom the Jewish Family Services campus is named. I always wondered whether Nate was part of that family. I'll try to do a separate posting on Nate in the coming days.
2012-2013 Football Preview
The football season kicks off tonight. There are 10 Jews and players with Jewish heritage (talk amongst yourselves, but I'm taking a big tent approach!) -- many of whom have memorabilia available to Jewish pigskin collectors -- among the players on teams 2012/2013 rosters. This year's roster of...
Pelotonia Is Not Brutal, Punishing. Cancer Is.
“Thank you for taking such a punishing ride to help others who are less fortunate,” wrote a man I with whom I volunteer in the note her sent along with his Pelotonia donation. While I am encouraged by the writer's sentiments, and buoyed by his words of encouragement, I am also made a bit uncomfortable reading their thoughts. After all, Pelotonia isn’t about me. Continue reading
Posted Jul 19, 2012 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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Ron --
Thanks for your feedback. I did some further research and found conflicting answers, however.
I used http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teamstats/roster.php?y=1962&t=NYN. Scroll down the page to the opening day lineup, which shows Ginsberg as catcher.
As you cited, Baseball Reference differs, and I'm willing to concede that Baseball Almanac may be wrong.
The Big Book of Jewish Baseball on page 70 states: "The opening home game, where Joe was the first player to take the field, was one of only two games Joe played with the Mets."
The Boxerman's Jews & Baseball Volume 2 on page 10 says: "Ginsberg played only two games for the Mets, but made history as the opening day catcher, he was the first Met to take the field."
I must confess, I am confused! Thoroughly. Can anyone clarify?
-- Josh
jsportscollectr@gmail.com
Joe Ginsberg & The 50th Anniversary of the Mets' First Game
As Jewish sportscaster Len Berman today reminded readers of his web site, ThatsSports.com, April 11, 2012 marks the 50th anniversary of the expansion New York Mets' first-ever game. Former Jewish Major Leaguer Myron Nathan "Joe" Ginsberg was behind the plate that day in St. Louis (the Mets ope...
Riding for Rachel
Posted Feb 8, 2012 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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I Will Ride, No Excuses
This is the video from the 2011 Pelotonia opening ceremonies. Watch it, and you'll understand why I -- along with thousands of others -- ride to end cancer. Watch it, and you'll understand why thousands more volunteer to support the ride -- financially and on the route. Watch it, and you'll understand why riding 100 miles to end cancer doesn't seem so hard to do. Continue reading
Posted Feb 8, 2012 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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Thank You To All My 2011 Donors
Posted Feb 6, 2012 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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Ron, thanks for the correction. As you know, for several years, The Jewish Sports Review listed Axelrod was listed as a Jewish. Like Jason Kipnis earlier this season, Axelrod's rise to the majors brought kvelling from Jewish baseball fans. Like Kipnis, upon his promotion, Jewish baseball collectors learned that Axelrod does not self-identify as Jewish. I've specified this in the full article:l http://www.jewishsportscollectibles.com/2011/09/new-jew-review.html.
Coming Soon: Baseball's New Jew Review
Major league clubs have called up four Jewish players to "The Show" in recent weeks. This includes: Michael Schwimer, Phillies, RP; Ryan Lavarnway, Red Sox, C; Josh Satin, Mets, 2B; and, Dylan Axelrod, White Sox, RP. Stay tuned to JewishSportsCollectibles.com for an upcoming postin...
$1,350+, 1,100+ miles: Fundraising & Training Update
Posted Aug 12, 2011 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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Cycling for Carol
Posted Jul 19, 2011 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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600+ Miles, $600+: Training & Fundraising Update
Posted Jun 27, 2011 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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Thanks, Robby. As a friend from WUSTL wrote of Brode:
"It's one thing to fight your way to success against incredible odds in life. It's wholly another thing to love your way to success...to smooth your path over rougher roads, through simple generosity of spirit and kindness to others. For that lesson, Broderick is one of my heroes.
Over the years, Broderick grew and grew and grew as a human...and lived more in a short time than most of us will in twice the days. His flesh and blood will be missed. His smile, his infectious laugh, and his spirit, are right here in the room with us, this day, as ever. And I smile at the thought that they always will be."
He was a terrific friend. He was an even better man!
RIP, Broderick Lee
The phone rang this morning at 6:22 AM. No good ever comes from a call between 10PM and 7 AM. It didn't this morning, either. A long time friend was on the other end. Calling to tell me that my college friend Broderick had succumbed to the tumors that had invaded his brain. The doctors had bee...
RIP, Broderick Lee
Posted May 25, 2011 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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100 Days To 100 Miles
Posted May 24, 2011 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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Thanks, Lauren. No doubt, Brode will help me make it through 100 miles.
Biking For Brode, Another Reason To Ride
Pelotonia is all about those who benefit from the money I -- and the other riders -- raise, not the cycling experience we have. As if I needed validation of this sentiment, I received news this past weekend that will serve as additional inspiration during the hilliest portions of the 100 miles t...
Biking For Brode, Another Reason To Ride
Posted May 4, 2011 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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Check out Ron Kaplan's Kaplan's Korner -- http://njjewishnews.com/kaplanskorner/2011/03/25/ron-blomberg-sighting/ -- for details on a couple of other upcoming Blomberg appearances in New Jersey.
Upcoming Signing: Ron Blomberg
"Designated Hebrew" Ron Blomberg -- the former Jewish Major Leaguer and Israel Baseball League manager best known for his appearance as baseball's first designated hitter -- will be signing autographs at the White Plains Collectors Show from 12-2 p.m. on Sunday, March 27. Prices, according to an...
Training & Fundraising Update
Posted Mar 11, 2011 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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One Good Earbud
Posted Mar 8, 2011 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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Pelotonia Bike Specials
Posted Mar 7, 2011 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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BTC Bicycle Giveaway
Posted Mar 7, 2011 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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Coffee for a Cause
Posted Mar 4, 2011 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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Performance Bike's Win A Bike Contest
Posted Mar 2, 2011 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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Fingers Crossed I Can Puzzle My Way To New Wheels
Posted Feb 28, 2011 at Platt's Pelotonia Page
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